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Sweet Like Sugar

by Wayne Hoffman

Stonewall Book · 2012 · Winner
Kensington BooksLiterary FictionISBN 9780758265623

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Stonewall Book Award2012Winner

About This Book

Wayne Hoffman's novel follows a young gay Jewish man in suburban Washington who develops an unlikely friendship with an elderly Orthodox rabbi. Winner of the Stonewall Book Award for Literature.

About the Author

Wayne Hoffman, born in 1970, is an American author and journalist known for his novels exploring Jewish and queer themes, including the Stonewall Book Award-winning Sweet Like Sugar (2009), Hard (2006), An Older Man (2015), and the true-crime memoir The End of Her: Racing Against Alzheimer's to Solve a Murder (2022). A graduate of Tufts University and New York University, he has held editorial roles at Tablet Magazine, The Forward, Billboard, and others, contributing to publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Village Voice.Wayne Hoffman (author) Wikipedia), waynehoffmanwriter.com.com

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